In practice this award was the precursor to the Medal of Honor introduced during the Civil War. After a long period of disuse, Badge of Military Merit was reinstituted in 1932 as the Purple Heart and is a decoration for members of the armed forces wounded or killed in action or as a result of a terrorist attack.
There is very little precipitation in the Mediterranean chaparral. The average annual precipitation is 10-20 inches. The kind of precipitation is rain. The average rainfall for the entire winter is 6.8 inches. The average rainfall for the entire spring is 2.2 inches. The average rainfall for summer is .2 inches. The average rainfall for fall is 4.2 inches.
the annual average temperature in the chaparral can range from below 0 to about 20 degrees celsius the summers in the chaparral are hot and dry around 40 degrees celsius the winters are relatively mild around 10 degrees celsius in the summer fire and droughts are very common in the chaparralhe annual average temperature in the chaparral can range from below 0 to about 20 degrees celsius the summers in the chaparral are hot and dry around 40 degrees celsius the winters are relatively mild around 10 degrees celsius in the summer fire and droughts are very common in the chaparral